By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Kamala Harris, whose memoir comes out Jan. 8, isn't only writing for those of voting age.
The picture book memoir "Superheroes Are Everywhere" will be released around...

By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — First day sales for Michelle Obama's "Becoming" topped 725,000 copies, making it one of the year's biggest debuts.
Crown Publishing told The Associated Press on Friday that...

By Brianna McAdoo, Staff Writer, [email protected]
Dubbed “The Poet of the Black Revolution”, the legendary activist, poet and educator Nikki Giovanni received a warm welcome from the D.C. community as she shared excerpts from her new book,...

By MARK F. GRAY, Staff Writer, [email protected]
Challenges in caring for loved ones with special needs can cause pressure on those who must make their lives comfortable in later years. The needs to be met are both...

By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama's "Becoming," already expected to sell millions of copies, now has the official backing of Oprah Winfrey.
"This book is everything you wanted to know and...

By Nyame-Kye Kondo, Special to the AFRO
After more than a decade of being in the entertainment industry, renaissance woman, Africa Miranda has displayed her talents on television, as a model and most recently as an...

By Brianna Rhodes, Special to the AFRO
Author, CEO and entrepreneur, Barry Fletcher released the second printing of his latest book "President Barack Obama’s Two Tremendous Terms: Monthly Political Chronicle 2008-2016" in January of this year....

By LINCEE RAY, Associated Press
"The Proposal" (Berkley), by Jasmine Guillory
There are some women who dream of extravagant proposals full of heartfelt romance. Nikole Paterson isn't one of them. In her sophomore novel, Jasmine Guillory uses...

By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon will be among the special guests when Michelle Obama goes on tour for her memoir "Becoming."Others appearing with the former first lady...

By Lisa Snowden-McCray, Special to the AFRO
Baltimore native Tariq’s Touré’s new book of poetry, Two Parts Oxygen, begins with a poem titled “118.” It is about his mother.
“She reminds us, with perfect diction/that we are strangers...

Rihanna refused to perform for the 2019 SuperBowl Halftime show. Cardi B quickly joined her in support of Colin Kaepernick’s taking a knee to bring attention to rampant police brutality in this country. Should the protest affect SuperBowl entertainment, or is that taking it too far?

The Afro-American has crusaded for racial equality and economic advancement for Black Americans for 125 years. In existence since August 13, 1892, John Henry Murphy Sr., a former slave who gained freedom following the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, started the paper when he merged his church publication... read more